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Mar 17 2009, 10:42 AM
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MSN Editors
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MSN Money investing columnist Jim Jubak frequently updates recent columns and offers insights on economic news. These updates appeared in his most recent column, "Higher food prices are on the way," published March 17. To see more of Jim's picks and their performance, click here.
"Exxon Mobil to profit from the pain": The pain in the oil patch is becoming excruciating. The credit squeeze first forced companies to curtail drilling and exploration, then pushed them to sell off noncore assets. And now, some banks are using their annual reviews of borrowers' debt levels to force companies to pay off existing debts. With the equity markets still closed to many companies, small oil and natural-gas producers are looking at selling off key oil and gas wells and acres in development for future production. That is, if they can find buyers.
In recent weeks, companies such as Pacific Energy Resources and DayStar Oil & Gas have been forced into bankruptcy. Edge Petroleum (EPEX) is a typical victim of the squeeze.
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Mar 19 2009, 10:41 AM
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Minyanville
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It’s starting to make economic sense to go green.
Last summer, with gas prices topping $4 per gallon and commodities of all kinds becoming more expensive, renewable energy advocates thought their day in sun -- so to speak -- had finally arrived.
Investors flocked to industry leaders like First Solar (FSLR) and SunPower (SPWRA), whose stocks leapt to new highs. On July 8, 2008, renowned investor T. Boone Pickens announced an ambitious plan to wean America off its dependence on foreign oil. Later that week, crude touched an all-time high of $147.02 per barrel.
Since then, oil -- along the rest of the commodity complex -- has plunged, dashing hopes that renewable energy would soon be as cheap, if not cheaper, than traditional, dirty fossil fuels. But now, with the economy in free fall and Washington scrambling to boost productivity, renewable energy has been taken off life support.
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Posted
Jul 14 2009, 04:26 PM
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CAPS Editor
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This post comes from Rich Smith of partner site The Motley Fool.
It's the worst nightmare of every investor in today's market -- buying a rocket stock just before it takes a nosedive.
Now I readily admit that sometimes stocks rise for a reason. But sometimes, the rise becomes the reason. No matter how often we caution them not to, investors have a habit of buying "hot" stocks, and trusting momentum to keep 'em moving upwards.
Problem is, if the price goes up too much, even a great company can turn into a lousy investment. Below, I list five stocks that skyrocketed but could be ripe to fall back to earth:
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Jun 17 2009, 02:43 PM
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Louis Navellier
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Oil prices are shooting higher again. Did we not learn our lesson last summer when oil touched $150 per barrel?
It would appear not. Speculation in crude is running rampant. As a result the price per barrel has nearly doubled this year to more than $70 per barrel.
There is no recession here. The oil markets are betting on a global recovery that will spur demand for a resource with limited supply. Prices over time are heading in one direction, and that is higher.
In addition to the typical winners in a rising oil price market, the impact on the alternative energy sector will be equally bullish. At the same time, we have an administration that is determined to greenify our entire economy and wean ourselves off our addiction on foreign crude.
Put a friendly administration together with high oil prices, and alternative energy stocks are set to rocket higher. With momentum being a key ingredient for performance, these stocks will have little trouble attracting attention.
Here are three of my favorite green stocks to buy now:
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Posted
Sep 30 2009, 10:47 AM
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Jim Jubak
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 In the current stock market, Enbridge (ENB) is neither fish nor fowl. And since the stock has hit my December 2009 target price of $38 a share, I'm going to sell it out of Jubak's Picks.
Here's what I mean by that cryptic “neither fish nor fowl” characterization.
I bought North American oil and gas distributor Enbridge for the Picks portfolio back in December 2007 because I thought its 3.6% yield would make the stock price very stable in a tough stock market and that investors looking for safety would bid up the price of these shares.
Bing: What does Enbridge do?
I got half of what I wished for. The stock was very stable, but I didn't get any gain in stock price. Enbridge trades today for roughly the same price I paid for it on December 18, 2007.
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Sep 10 2009, 04:04 AM
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Douglas McIntyre
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A new report from the China Greentech Initiative, which is made up of several dozen alternative energy companies and government organizations, says that the potential for green technology sales in China is as much as $1 trillion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers helped compile the research.
The report says that the total green tech “addressable market” in the world’s most populous country is roughly comparable to 15% of China’s forecasted GDP in 2013.
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Posted
Jul 14 2009, 03:38 AM
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Douglas McIntyre
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A piece of news no one expected is that Exxon Mobil (XOM) will put $600 million into a project that seeks to convert algae into liquid fuel for transportation. The huge oil company says that any commercial success of the project is five to 10 years off, but Exxon has to be concerned that, at some point in the next several decades, the amount of fossil fuel in the ground and under the oceans will begin to drop.
According to The New York Times, the biofuel investment will be done in partnership with Synthetic Genomics, a leader in the field of research and production of renewable energy. Exxon says algae could yield more than 2,000 gallons of fuel per acre of production each year, the Times reports. That compares to only 250 gallons from corn.
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Posted
Aug 07 2009, 12:31 PM
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Minyanville
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This article was written by Minyanville's Quint Tatro While much of what’s taken place this earnings season can be debated, solar stocks have been lighting up the night with quality top- and bottom-line reports while still flying under the radar quite a bit. From a technical perspective, many are developing excellent bases from which to start building a position. The overall health of the market, of course, plays into any position a trader puts on. I believe we're overdue for at least a minor pause in the current phenomenal run, so when weighing your potential longs, they need to be taken in light of this. In fact, I’d prefer to see a healthy consolidation at levels below where we now stand. My time horizon for the solar group is months, not days, as I'll give them ample time and long leashes to play out. (See Also: Quint Tatro's, "Four Stocks that Could Save Your Portfolio")
While the group has bounced quite a bit off their March lows, they haven’t seen the next leg that so many other sectors have. This draws me to them, as traders may be looking for prudent entries into areas that haven’t yet gotten too extended. Remember: It’s always about risk versus reward. I’ll be commenting on weekly charts with a 50 MA since we're looking out at the horizon and not just at the next few days.
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Posted
Aug 31 2009, 11:11 AM
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Kim Peterson
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 Think cash-for-clunkers was a good deal? Then look at cash-for-wind farms, which is even better.
Investing in wind farms is all the rage, thanks mostly to a new government program giving big cash grants to renewable energy projects, The Wall Street Journal reports. Morgan Stanley (MS) and Citigroup (C) are each investing $100 million in separate wind farms. We saw cash-for-clunkers explode in popularity, with so many people trading in cars for energy-efficient models that the government had to shut the program down. But unlike cash-for-clunkers, there is no spending limit with renewable energy grants, the Journal reports. Cash-for-wind farms will pay 30% of the cost to build a wind farm (or other renewable-energy facility), and more depreciation deductions (a plus come tax time).
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Posted
May 13 2009, 10:18 AM
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Minyanville
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Once again, I’ll share a chart of what I call “food for food,” not because anybody reading this trades soybean meal, but perhaps that fact, in and of itself, offers evidence as to why I believe this data matter so much.
There are no ETFs for soybean meal, and I don’t know too many hedge-fund managers who even trade it. Therefore, I believe it offers an uncommon scale to measure true supply and demand for the grain used in animal feed, and therefore global appetites, and therefore is a measurement for all of you who trade stocks and bonds to help you get a unique window into growing or slowing consumption around the world.
I'm not suggesting it's any key indicator of anything, but I hope it's helped offer (in some small way) a break from the debates on artificially created demand or supply. You don't buy a lot of this stuff unless you plan to use it, and God has the only "printing press" I know of to make more of it.
Notice another potential breakout, and the always-tasty bow-tie cross, where the 50-day moving average has now crossed above both the 100 and 200, circled in green.
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